...Democracy in America By Alexis de Tocqueville Translator – Henry Reeve A Penn State Electronic Classics Serie... ... Classics Series Publication Democracy in America, Volumes One and Two by Alexis de Tocqueville, trans. Henry Reeve is a publication of the Pennsylva... ...Series Publication Democracy in America, Volumes One and Two by Alexis de Tocqueville, trans. Henry Reeve is a publication of the Pennsylvania State ... ...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...evolution, much of which had been recently written in the blood of men and women of great distinction who were his progenitors; and had witnessed the ... ...ot turned to the advantage of equality. The Cru- sades and the wars of the English decimated the nobles and divided their possessions; the erection of... ..., they thought themselves transported into those fabulous regions of which poets had sung. The sea sparkled with phosphoric light, and the extraordina... ..., they thought themselves transported into those fabulous regions of which poets had sung. The sea sparkled with phosphoric light, and the extraordina... ...ve to many of them.” The emigrants were about 150 in number, including the women and the children. Their object was to plant a colony on the shores of...